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US 2014/0110425 A1Published application
System and method for portable dry chemical injection
OwnerJason Pahl, Jeremy Hughesinventors
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system to precisely deliver dry chemicals, and to an apparatus and method to reliably and accurately deliver dry chemicals used during drilling operations. An additional aspect of the present invention is to provide a dry chemical delivery system that is modular and portable. Further, the apparatus may be configured to automatically meter and control multiple dry chemicals into a common line for use in drilling operations.
Claims20
A dry product delivery system, comprising:
- a first receiving container having a receiving portion and delivery portion, the first receiving portion adapted to receive a first dry product;
- a first sensor engaged with the first receiving container and adapted to measure at least the weight of the first dry product;
- a first meter engaged with the first container delivery portion and configured to receive the first dry product and deliver a user-selectable volume or rate of the first dry product;
- a first air channel interconnected to the first meter and adapted to receive the first dry product from the first meter;
- a first hose interconnected to the first air channel and adapted to receive the first dry product from the first air channel;
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- a blower fan interconnected with the first air channel and adapted to urge the first dry product in the first air channel downstream and into the first hose;
- wherein the first dry product in the first hose is delivered to a delivery site.
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A method for delivery of a dry product to a delivery site, comprising:
- positioning a dry product delivery system proximate to a delivery site, the dry product delivery system comprising:
- a first receiving container having a receiving portion and a delivery portion, the first receiving portion adapted to receive a first dry product;
- a first sensor engaged with the first receiving container and adapted to measure at least the weight of the first dry product;
- a first meter engaged with the first container delivery portion and configured to receive the first dry product and deliver a user-selectable volume or rate of the first dry product;
- a first air channel interconnected to the first meter and adapted to receive the first dry product from the first meter;
- a first hose interconnected to the first air channel and adapted to receive the first dry product from the first air channel;
- a blower fan interconnected with the first air channel and adapted to urge the first dry product in the first air channel downstream and into the first hose;
- and a computer in communication with the first meter, the computer adapted to receive a user-selectable volume or rate of first dry product to the first air channel;
- inputting a selected volume or rate of first product to the first air channel;
- providing a first dry product to the first receiving container;
- wherein the first dry product as contained in the first hose is delivered to the delivery site.
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A dry product delivery system, comprising:
- a first receiving container having a receiving portion and delivery portion, the first receiving portion adapted to receive a first dry product;
- a first sensor engaged with the first receiving container, and adapted to measure at least the weight of the first dry product;
- a first meter engaged with the first container delivery portion, receive the first dry product, and deliver a user-selectable volume or rate of the first dry product;
- a computer in communication with the first meter, the computer adapted to receive a user-selectable volume or rate of first dry product to the first air channel;
- a first air channel interconnected to the first meter and adapted to receive the first dry product from the first meter;
- a first hose interconnected to the first air channel and adapted to receive the first dry product from the first air channel;
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- a blower fan interconnected with the first air channel and adapted to urge the first dry product in the first air channel downstream and into the first hose;
- wherein the computer records the measurement of the weight of the first dry product, wherein the first dry product is delivered to a delivery site.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.